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W M S Y M . O R G Scholarships, Honors and Awards - Continued WMS Fellow Award WMS established the honor of WMS Fellow in 2011 to recognize volunteers for distinguished contributions to the advancement of radioactive waste and radioactive material management. Elevation to the status of WMS Fellow is attained through peer recognition and confirmation by the WMS Board of Directors. The 2017 Fellow Award recipients are: • Kim Auclair, KD Auclair & Associates, LLC • James Fiore, Fiore Consulting • Dr. Heinz Kröger, TÜV NORD EnSys WMS Young Professional Award Starting at WM2017, WM Symposia will present a new award to recognize “Young Professionals” in our field. The objective is to annually recognize one young professional for their distinguished contributions to the advancement of radioactive waste and radioactive material management. Elevation to the status of “Young Professional” is attained through peer recognition and confirmation by the WMS Board of Directors (BOD). The 2017 WMS Young Professional Award is presented to: • Tristan Karns, Los Alamos National Laboratory WM2016 Best Oral Presentations ANS Award – Best Oral Presentation/Paper “Assessment of Options for the Treatment of Nitrate Salt Wastes at Los Alamos National Laboratory” – by Bruce Robinson, David Funk and Patrice Stevens, Los Alamos National Laboratory Paper #16541, Track 2 – HLW, SNF/UNF, TRU ASME Award – Best Oral Presentation and Paper “Progression of Safe and Compliant Demolition of Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant” – by Mike Swartz, CH2M Plateau Remediation Company Paper #16566, Track 6 – D&D WM2016 Best Poster Presentations ANS Award – Best Poster Presentation and Paper “Effect of Feed Composition on Cold–Cap Formation in Laboratory-Scale Melter” – by Derek Dixon, Michael Schweiger, SeungMin Lee, Jayven Heilman-Moore & Pavel Hrma Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Paper #16336, Track 2 – HLW, SNF/UNF, TRU ASME Award – Best Poster Presentation and Paper “RO Concentrated Water Treatment Equipment for Risk Reduction of Contaminated Water Stored in Tank in Fukushima NPS” – by Yuko Kani, Mamoru Kamoshida & Fumio Takahashi, Hitachi, Ltd.; Takashi Asano, Takashi Nishi, Yusuke Kitamoto, Takako Sumiya & Kenji Noshita, Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd. Paper #16655, Track 4 – NPP Waste Management WM2016 Papers of Note This award is based solely on the paper submitted, not its poster or oral presentation. The Paper Reviewers determine eligibility and then the relevant Track Co-Chairs, and subject matter experts, select their Track’s “Paper of Note”. Nineteen papers were selected for WM2016. 16574 – The UK’s National Policy & Programme for the Management of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste – Robert Middleton, René McTaggart, UK Department of Energy and Climate Change 16595 – Development and Delivery of National Strategic Approaches to Radioactive Waste Management in the UK – Juliet Long, Environment Agency; James McKinney, NDA; William Turner, Office for Nuclear Regulation; Jim Cochrane, Scottish Environment Protection Agency 16645 – The Joint Convention, Its Global Impact and US Continuing Involvement – Lisa Phillips, US DOE; Dan Schultheisz, US EPA; Mathews George, US NRC 16535 – Reconsolidated Salt as a Geotechnical Barrier – Casey Gadbury, Carlsbad Field Office-DOE; Frank Hansen, Sandia National Laboratories 16540 – Scientific Investigations on the Chemical Reactivity of Los Alamos Remediated Nitrate Salt Wastes – David Clar, David Funk, Bruce Robinson, Los Alamos National Laboratory 16010 – Salt Rock - the 60-Year-Old Prodigy Host Rock for Consent-Based Disposal of Long-Lived Radioactive Waste – Leif G Eriksson, Nuclear Waste Dispositions 16594 – Innovative Waste Packaging and Associated Venting/Hydrogen Management – Conrad Izatt, Arup, Daniel Fisher, Croft Associates; Chris Chadwick, Porvair Filtration Group 23